单词 | mountain gazelle |
释义 | > as lemmasmountain gazelle mountain gazelle n. (originally) a gazelle frequenting mountainous country; (later) spec. the small Gazella gazella, now confined to semidesert and scrub in the Arabian peninsula (also called idmi). ΚΠ 1846 F. S. Osgood Poems 96 She is tender and faithful, and pure as the dove; But timid and wild, like a mountain gazelle. 1965 D. Morris Mammals 366 Gazella gazella. Mountain Gazelle. 1968 D. L. Harrison Mammals Arabia II. 349/2 Gazella gazella... Idmi or Mountain Gazelle... This is a moderately large species with long legs. 1997 Current Anthropol. 38 656/1 In Israel, the mountain gazelle (G. gazella) lives in a relatively wet environment. < as lemmas |
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